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To understand the evolution of Chinese politics in the post-Mao era and the historic events that led to the Tiananmen square massacre, one must first understand what some scholars have called the Chinese Communist Party's “Dual-Peak Politics” of the 1980s. Many people assume that after returning to power following the
How Jiang Zemin’s Mistress Network Ran China’s Shadow Government
Huang Liman, widely described by political observers and former insiders as a close associate of former...
Inside the CCP’s Early Strategy: How the Nationalist Party Was Penetrated During China’s First United
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) United Front strategy in the 1920s is widely described by historians...
Soong Ching-ling: Sun Yat-sen’s Widow Was a Secret Communist Agent for Fifty Years
The Chinese Communist Party announced Soong Ching-ling's Party membership as a deathbed honor in 1981...
The CCP Betrayed Everyone Who Helped It Win China’s Civil War
In December 1948, as Chinese Communist Party forces and Nationalist troops clashed in the decisive Huaihai...
Who Kept Zhao Ziyang Under House Arrest for 16 Years? The Answer Points to Jiang Zemin
Deng Xiaoping removed Zhao; Jiang Zemin made sure he stayed gone The initial decision to remove Zhao...
The Grandson Mao Zedong Refused to Meet: A Family Secret the Party Won’t Explain
A grandfather who never came Mao Zedong was 77 when he learned he had a grandson. He named the boy...
Why Japan’s Culture of Cleanliness Traces Back to China’s Tang Dynasty
When I traveled to Taiwan, I noticed how clean everything was. The floors were polished to a mirror shine...
How the CCP’s Plan to Prevent a Second Cultural Revolution Produced Xi Jinping
In the 1980s, the CCP's senior leadership in the Zhongnanhai compound attempted a political experiment...
Zhang Guotao: The CCP Co-Founder Who Watched Yan’an Become Moscow — and Then Walked Out – Part II
This is the second part of a two-part series on Zhang Guotao, one of the founders of the Chinese Communist...